Administrator Bond~Valentine Brock

 Valentine Brock, son of Valentine Brock and Elizabeth Lundy, was born on 2 Feb 1815 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. Sometime before 1830, Valentine Brock, Sr. husband of Elizabeth Lundy Brock died.  Elizabeth Lundy Brock with her oldest son, James Lundy Brock moved the family, another son and three daughters, to Henry County, Georgia.The 1831 tax roll for Henry County, Georgia has an entry that reads "James Lundy Brock for Elizabeth Brock."  

On 21 July 1836, Valentine Brock married  Nancy W. Vandegriff, daughter of  John Vandegriff and Nancy Crockett.

Valentine and Nancy Brock would become the parents of 2 daughters before his untimely death on 25 April 1850.

Nancy W. Brock would petition the Court and be given Letters of Administration on the Estate of Valentine Brock. Nancy W. Brock & John Vandegriff (her Father)  secured the $16000.00 bond.   

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Administrator Bond Valentin Brock Estate
 
Georgia Henry}
County} Know all men by these presents That we Nancy W. Brock & John Vandegriff security are held and firmly bound unto the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County sitting for ordinary purposes and their successors in office in the Just and full sum of Sixteen thousand dollars for the payment of which sum well & truly to be made we bind ourselves our heirs executors and administrators of us and of each of us firmly by these presents subscribed with our hands and seals with our seal <Sic> this  the sixth day of May Eighteen hundred and fifty. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound Nancy W. Brock has this day applied to E. P. Watkins Clerk of the Court of Ordinary for said County for and has obtained Letters of Administration of the goods, Chattels rights and credits of Valentine Brock deceased. Now if the above bound Nancy W. Brock shall carefully collect and  preserve from waste or lofs all the goods chattels and effects of the said Valentine Brock deceased and shall make or cause to be made a true and perfect inventory of all such estate and the same being so preserved do surrender up such estate and effects with the inventory aforesaid unto the hands legal and proper administrators on or before the first Monday in July next or so soon thereafter as the Court of Ordinary shall direct with her other acting’s and doings therein and  faithfully perform the task here Then this obligation to be void otherwise to remain in full force in Law.
Tested and approved by
Attest E. P. Walkins C.C.O                                  Nancy W. Brock {LS}
                                                                            John Vandegriff {LS}

Valentine Brock is a 2nd Cousin 4X Removed.  

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1. Nancy Brock, District 858, Militia District: Grove, 1859; Georgia, Property Tax Digests, 1793-1893; Georgia Archives, Morrow, Georgia.

2. 1860 U. S. Census, Henry County, Georgia, population schedule, Henry County, Georgia, Page: 914(Penciled); Line 20, Dwelling 941, Family 941, Household of Nancy W. BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 1 January 2019); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_127.

3. 1870 U. S. Census, Henry County, Georgia, population schedule, Militia District 641, Henry County, Georgia, Page: 470B(stamped); Line 30, Dwelling 631, Family 631, Household of Nancy BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: Viewed, Jan 2019 ); citing NARA publication Roll: M593_157.

4. 1880 U. S. Census, Henry County, Georgia, population schedule, District 567, Henry, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) 70, Page: 235B(stamped); Line 12, Dwelling 59, Family 59, Household of Nancy BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 1 January 2019); citing NARA publication Roll: T9_152.

5. 1900 U. S. Census, Henry County, Georgia, population schedule, Locust Grove, Henry County, Georgia, enumeration district (ED) 0053, Page 12A/ 248 (written); Line 22, Dwelling 211, Family 213, Household of Jas A. VANDEGRIFF; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com: viewed 25 March 2013); citing NARA publication Roll: T623_0204.

6. Henry County, Georgia, Will Book "C": page 179-180 Mrs. Nancy W. BROCK; Probate Office, McDonough, Henry County, Georgia.

7. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com: accessed 2 January 2013); Memorial page for Nancy W. Brock; (22 March 1817–25 March 1907); Find a Grave memorial # 31618151, Citing Brock Family Cemetery; Locust Grove, Henry County, Georgia.

8. Henry County, Georgia, marriage (21 July 1836), Valentine Brock & Nancy Vandegriff; County Clerks, Henry County, Georgia.

9. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Valentine Brock (2 February 1815–25 April 1850), Memorial # 31618167.

10. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/337006:8635